The ‘swopper’, ‘muvman’ and ‘swoppster’ stools are at the forefront of ergonomic design, created with your health and comfort in mind.

But this doesn’t mean that these stools are any less stylish – in fact they combine modern design with practicality in a perfect fusion adding a cutting edge feature chair to your room space and not one of those tired looking traditional office chairs that probably aren’t giving you any real support or comfort at all.

The Aeris chair collection was designed as solutions to one of the world’s and certainly the UK’s biggest health issues in the workplace: backache.

To do that a good chair should enable and encourage movement that essentially allows dynamic sitting and movement and the Aeris chairs certainly do that and more!  These chairs:

• Naturally loads and relieves your muscles and intervertebral discs
• Enhances nourishment of the intervertebral discs
• Ensures sufficient circulation of blood through the muscles
• Prevents incorrect loading of the muscles and tension
• Encourages concentration and performance

As a result, when you sit on one of these revolutionary designed chairs you strengthen your back, breathe deeper, train your muscles and stimulate circulation. Office chairs have never been so good for you or have ever been this cool!

And now here at our Blackpool showroom, Lefton’s is the first store in the Northwest to stock this exciting range of designer office seating, so head into the store now to see how the ‘swopper’ or ‘muvman’ could improve your health and comfort.

This month New York, Milan, Paris and London all have their fashion weeks, a time for designers to showcase their new creations and predict the trends for the coming year. In New York, Rodarte showed their new designs inspired by vintage trends, as covered by interiors, architecture and all things cool magazine, Wallpaper.

As we spin round the globe to follow the seasonal fashion weeks, the awards season is well underway. Already particular trends are emerging through designers and celebrities alike.

As the film ‘The Artist’ cleaned up at the BAFTA’s, gaining 7 awards, it’s clear that vintage is having a revival.

There have been a number of fashion features, including in the March issue of Marie Claire, which have focused on the 50’s and 60’s as inspiration for the season

At Lefton’s we have some beautiful new designs, influenced by retro styles but with a contemporary twist.

The Vista cabinet and sideboard combines beautiful walnut coloured wood with stunning curved features indicative of 50’s and 60’s designs. Reminisce about eras gone by while creating your own beautiful, modern look.

Vista 50's inspired room set

To complement the retro style of the furniture and follow another spring 2012 trend, try some bright pastel shades to contrast with the wood and make it really stand out. Mixing prints is also a fantastic way to achieve a quirky look, as recommended by homes and gardens Magazines including  House 2 Home.

Mixed print sofa & chairs

As the award season is underway, have our own award-winners at Lefton’s, global brands such as Granfort, Karel Mintjens and new in, a revolutionary range of seating from German designers Aeris.

Using ultra modern pieces like the Swopper and Muvman stools, alongside those inspired by previous decades, can create a really individual, quirky and contemporary look.

For more ideas and room set designs come and visit the store, you’ll be inspired!

This month New York, Milan, Paris and London all have their fashion weeks, a time for designers to showcase their new creations and predict the trends for the coming year. In New York, Rodarte showed their new designs inspired by vintage trends, as covered by interiors, architecture and all things cool magazine, Wallpaper.

As we spin round the globe to follow the seasonal fashion weeks, the awards season is well underway. Already particular trends are emerging through designers and celebrities alike.

As the film ‘The Artist’ cleaned up at the BAFTA’s, gaining 7 awards, it’s clear that vintage is having a revival.

There have been a number of fashion features, including in the March issue of Marie Claire, which have focused on the 50’s and 60’s as inspiration for the season

At Lefton’s we have some beautiful new designs, influenced by retro styles but with a contemporary twist.

The Vista cabinet and sideboard combines beautiful walnut coloured wood with stunning curved features indicative of 50’s and 60’s designs. Reminisce about eras gone by while creating your own beautiful, modern look.

Vista 50's inspired room set

To complement the retro style of the furniture and follow another spring 2012 trend, try some bright pastel shades to contrast with the wood and make it really stand out. Mixing prints is also a fantastic way to achieve a quirky look, as recommended by homes and gardens Magazines including  House 2 Home.

Mixed print sofa & chairs

As the award season is underway, have our own award-winners at Lefton’s, global brands such as Granfort, Karel Mintjens and new in, a revolutionary range of seating from German designers Aeris.

Using ultra modern pieces like the Swopper and Muvman stools, alongside those inspired by previous decades, can create a really individual, quirky and contemporary look.

For more ideas and room set designs come and visit the store, you’ll be inspired!

Colour experts Pantone have named the vibrant shade of ‘tangerine tango’ as their colour to watch this year, a prediction which has been grabbed by the fashion world and interior designers alike.

The zesty colour has been featured in the fashion pages of The Telegraph and used in Spring/Summer collections by some of the world’s biggest designers including Alexander McQueen,  Oscar de la Renta and Amanda Wakeley.

As a proud Blackpool company, Lefton’s is keen to follow any trend that allows us to support our local team at the same time. Have a look at our range of bright leather sofas and recliner sofas, a nod to fashion and a nod to The Tangerines!

At Lefton’s we have a range of bright pieces to help you get set for summer and keep ahead of the fashion pack in a huge range of colours not just in orange, so create the perfect bold statement for 2012 with www.leftonsgroup.com

Channel 4’s Interior Design pages advise using bold brights, such as orange and tangerine, with pastel shades and retro patterns to create a cheerful look.

To complement this statement and create a bright feel, try some of these pieces to really help the orange stand out. We have the “Planet” uber cool melamine dining set with orange chairs, a sumptuous aubergine & orange leather sofa and the stunning Keyton orange loft living recliner massage chair! and the latest collection of Brinkmann cabinets even have tangerine lights.

Why? well they have just launched an amazing new wood dining collection that oozes class, style and quality from every angle but has the inbuilt innovation of being tuff. Yes, tough top is the latest technology that takes wood dining to new levels, forget those days where you have scorch marks from putting oven hot dishes directly onto your table, or stains from years of red wine spills or continual sun bleaching.

The Gola tough top dining furniture sees an end to this and meets the most demanding everyday lifestyles so you can worry a little bit less that your delicious dining set will stay in tip top condition, even with a the odd family accident or over excited dinner party guests.

The dining table tops are heatproof, waterproof, fadeproof and very hardwearing and you’ve got over 40 combinations of tops colours, wood finished, legs and styles to fit just about any dining room of any size.  Gola’s slogan in “furniture for living” and this has never been more appropriate than with Tough Top.

This new collection will be in store very soon!

“What gives a house individual charm is when it reflects what a family likes rather than being a show house for what’s in fashion.”

It echoes our own sentiments here at Lefton’s so much, but we do have to add…..the two ideas aren’t mutually exclusive. There are some styles that never go out of fashion, the mainstays of a family home that inexplicably make you feel warm and cosy instantly.

When you flick through the household features in all the glossies, are you not inclined to ask yourself page after page…..but where do they keep their stuff?

Minimalist idylls peppered with the odd artefact make for great photographs but leave many people feeling the look is unachievable, unless, of course, you’re fortunate enough to live in an eight bedroomed semi mansion where you can hide all your stuff when the visitors arrive!

Classically family heirlooms sit alongside the kids’ toys and that corner of the house you refer to as the home office, leaving little chance of achieving that large open space feeling for which a part of you yearns.

If this is your home to a tee, there is a happy medium. Contemporary furniture is all about the storage to facilitate that decluttered look! Furniture doesn’t have to be fitted to offer you valuable hidey holes. Just as many people seek out free standing pieces which can complement a room just as effectively as a painting might a wall……you just have to be clear what it is you’re after.

And you don’t have to totally rework entire rooms – the good news is that eclecticism is in! You can mix all manner of styles together and still be on trend in the interior design stakes!

As the old adage goes – variety is the spice of life!

Fall in love with wood again at Lefton’s this autumn with the oak collection.

 for the bedroom:

Solid oak sleigh bed & bedroom furniture collection

for the dining room:

Solid oak dining set and cabinet collection

To see these and lots of other new furniture products visit us at General Street, Blackpool, Satnav FY1 1RW

The support and coverage that local businesses have gained from the event has been well received by independent retailers all over the region and country and we really appreciate the continued support that we’ve received over the years; thank you.

Outside of the excitement seen from local businesses many of the social media platforms have being buzzing with discussions between people across the country recommending their local retailers and businesses and what it means to them to help the businesses around them. The main differences people have been impressed with when comparing their normal shopping activities with large chains has mostly been around the experience they had when going local have been; the vastly superior quality of service they received and the way they were made to feel genuinely valued by that business.

Offering the best quality products at affordable prices and maintaining good relationships with our customers is something we have been proud to uphold since day one here at Lefton’s. We stand by our principles of quality value and service as do many independent retailers and it seems the tide has turned a little on the big boys, especially this month. All the big high street names have been issuing warning on profit and reducing sales, where as this month has definitely been a boost for local independents.

We also support local and independent with much of our furniture coming from smaller UK and European design houses, although sadly some of the Lancashire and UK firms we have dealt with over the years have long since disappeared. We also shop locally too and regularly found stocking up in Booths, Lanigans of Lytham, Bonds of Elswick and spotted out at The Big Blue Hotel, Jali Restaurant on the promenade and Caffe Dolce in Blackpool.

It is a commonly known fact that much more of the money spent in local stores makes its way back into the community compared to the money that’s spent in large chains, this has to be one of the main benefits of shopping local, and further benefitting the community we live and work in.  So do you like us at Lefton’s think Independent Retailer Month  should be a big event in people’s calendars? If you do then come down and pay us a visit at Lefton’s, the most customer focussed furniture retailer in the area, to show us your support!

There are always ups and downs in business but to reach this milestone for any business requires a solid business, good leadership and a brilliant and dedication team. Some of our team have been here almost as long as the store itself and they have such a wealth of knowledge and experience vital to ensuring customers always get the best support and advice when buying furniture and the all important quality of service we’re known for. 

Yes, we know that some people think that because we’re a traditional business and been around for a while that they know what were like and that we only sell traditional furniture but we like to keep up with the times and continually refresh what we offer. Times have moved on and so too have the products in the market as well as on our showroom floor; our superstore showcases designer furniture from all over Europe that’s perfectly suited to the modernist, the uber trendy fashionistas and preppy executives that you’d be hard pressed to find outside of places like Manchester and London. Oh, and we do still keep with tradition and stock classic furniture as well!

Our family business was set up in Blackpool in 1946 and we’re proud to still be a leading independent retailer in Blackpool continuing the family tradition and values of quality value and service. We’ve seen a great many other retailers disappear over the years which is always a sad occurrence, but Blackpool has a knack of reinventing itself and we’re optimistic about the future with all the current investment and improvements throughout the town. Here’s to the next 65 years! 

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